Vermont Businesses: Woodlawn Farmstead vertically integrates to survive
From Vermont Public, September 24, 2024
A new video series from Vermont producer and host Rocket features a visit with Seth Leach, the seventh-generation farmer at Woodlawn Farmstead in Pawlet, to explore how vertical integration has been essential for this small dairy farm’s survival.
Seth discusses how he and his wife Kate have worked to manage every step in milk production, from growing crops to making cheese, to overcome the modern challenge of “buying retail and selling wholesale." By partnering with renowned cheesemakers like Plymouth Artisan Cheese and Crowley Cheese, and even starting their own cheese brand, Woodlawn Creamery, the Leaches continue to find inventive ways to keep their 250-cow operation afloat.
Vermont dairy farmer Seth Leach talks about innovating and working hard to keep a 7th generation family farm going.
